On 09/24/2011 03:44 AM, Emmanuel Noobadmin wrote: > By the time the devs are already spinning the release, they don't have > time to get new people familiarized with the process so they are only > willing to do it during the lull period between releases. one thing that always helps, and can be done totally out of band - with results that directly impact what is coming through is : write tests. A good place to start is : http://wiki.centos.org/QaWiki/AutomatedTests And remember, you can write them in bash too ( which is what most of them are in right now ). Pick an area of the distro you care about the most, write a few tests around individual rpms to check that they work, and have the right sort of functionality. then move onto doing more 'role' level stuff. - KB